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re: Who is currently the best swordsman in Game of Thrones?
Posted on 6/6/16 at 11:56 am to SammyTiger
Posted on 6/6/16 at 11:56 am to SammyTiger
quote:
A shite ton of dead people have been discussed including but not limited to:
Oberyn
Selmy
Arthur Dayne
Ned Stark
Syrio Forel
Robert Barratheon
And a lot of them fought with something besides a sword.
So get off my back
And none of them should be considered since they're dead. As already stated if it was a question of best all time than it wouldn't even be a question since it would be 100% Dayne. And I didn't say anything about a sword since OP's question also says best fighter.
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Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:12 pm to jeff5891
quote:
Ned Stark would have slaughtered Jaime lanister
Ned's reputation as one of the best swordsmen in Westeros was significantly enhanced by his supposed defeat of Ser Arthur Dayne which ended up being a complete fabrication.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:20 pm to LucasP
quote:
robably Dany due to her unquestionable fire immunity, especially in the book
WTF does that have to do with sword fighting ability?
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:22 pm to JumpingTheShark
In the books it was Ser Arthur Dayne.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:24 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
quote:
Brienne hasn't lost a straight up fight.
She hasn't had a straight-up fight. She beats sick people or people fighting without their optimal weapon.
She's awesome, she's better than 99.9% of swordsmen in Westeros, but among the elite of the elite, assuming they're not sick, hurt, tired, bound, or ill-equipped: Jamie Lannister, The Hound, Arthur Dayne, Oberyn Martel, or prime Robert Baratheon would all beat her. And while he doesn't have her skill, I think The Mountian with his super-thick armor is a tossup.
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 12:33 pm to 1BamaRTR
quote:
if it was a question of best all time than it wouldn't even be a question since it would be 100% Dayne
JRRM went on record saying that Barristan Selmy and Arthur Dayne were basically equals, excepting that with Dawn SAD had a slight edge.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:09 pm to gorillacoco
Robin Arryn
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:41 pm to JumpingTheShark
I'm going to go with Strong Belwas. He'd whip all the sons-a-bitches that have been named so far. He'd lop the mountain's head off and lay a two foot turd across the severed head. Might even wipe, might not.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:46 pm to pilsnerpusher
Is Strong Belwas not in the show? If not, man...
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:51 pm to Cooter Davenport
Not on the show. Damn tragedy too.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 1:58 pm to TigerintheNO
Hound
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 2:04 pm to NIH
NM
This post was edited on 6/6/16 at 2:10 pm
Posted on 6/6/16 at 2:53 pm to Dr RC
quote:
Ned's reputation as one of the best swordsmen in Westeros was significantly enhanced by his supposed defeat of Ser Arthur Dayne which ended up being a complete fabrication.
Where are you getting any of this?
In the books Ned makes no secret of the fact that he was saved from Dayne by the Crannog Man, Howland Reed. The Tower of Joy battle isn't the only battled Ned fought in and excelled. Ned and Robert fought their way across Westeros in Robert's Rebellion. Ned is a damn good swordsman in his own right.
Posted on 6/6/16 at 4:33 pm to TygerTyger
He was no doubt a great swordsman in his own right. The books make it out like he and Robert were the Bash Brothers. He's just not as good as Barriston Selmy or Arthur Dayne and based on his freakishness, probably not Sandor Clegane either.
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